Thread-delivering attachment for sewing-machines



(N0 Model.)

J. W. WEST. THREAD ADELIVEEING ATTAGHMENT EOE SEWING MACHINES.

No. 371,998. Patentedl Oct. 25, 1887.

N. PETERS. Phowulhngnpher. washingxen, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEa THRAD-DELIVERING ATTACHMENT FORSEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATIQN forming prit of Letters Patent No. 371,998, dated OctoberApplication tiled May 4, 1887. Serial No. 237,047. (No mr'del.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. WEST, of Braintree, in the eounty of Norl'olk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and ImprovedDevice l'or Delivering Yarn, Twine, or Thread from Tubes, Quills, orBalls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is particularly adapted for the delivery ot' thread froma quill to a sewing-maehine.

In the accompanying drawings, in which simil-.tr letters ot' referenceindicate like paris,

top of the tube E and down through it, it is delivered without revolvingthe tube or quill H, which contains so large a quali tity of thread thatif it were revolved in delivering it the thread would be apt to break.By means of my device, therefore, the thread is delivered withoutunnecessary tension from a stationary uill.

l The ring C, hub C', and spokes C produce practically a concave busefor the ball ol'thread. The end of this ball restin f upon the spokes orbase is convex in shape, and as the thread is Figure l is an elevationol' my device. Fig. deliver ed from its outside it g1 ad ually dnnxn 2is a vertical section ol' the saine. ishes 1n diameter and settles downinto the A represents a portion ot an ordinary sewconeavlty formed bythe spokes, delivering ing-machine, and l5 is an ordinary vertical pinor post secured to said portion.

is a ring, preferably metallic, C a hub dropped below said ring, and G Care spokes extending from said hub upward fr) the ring, and allconstituting fir-enlar frame for the support ofthe thread.

the thread without the aid ola traveler or llier.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The hereinbeforedeserihed improved device for delivering yarn or threadl'roni tubes, quills, or balls, consisting, essentially, ot' the l) is atubularstandard adapted to slip over ring or rim C, depressed 1.erforated hub C', the post B and to be secured thereto by the and spokesC", the whole constituting a conset-screw D. l cavity for the receptionof the convex end of E is a tall tube extending upward from the iheball, the vertical tube E, set into the perhub C', which is perforatedat C to receive it. foration in said hub and extending to a eon- Frepresents a ball of thread, yarn, or twine wound upon the quill H.rhe'quill is slipped over upon the tube E and the ball rests upon theportion G of the frame and within the ring or rim C. he thread is passedfrom the ball to the upper end of the tube E, down siderable heightabove the ball, and the tubular standard l), extending downward fromsaid hub, the yarn or thread delivering directly from the outside ol'the ball to said tube E, su bstantiall yas and for the purpose setforth.

JOHN W. WEST.

through it, and out from the perforation 0in Elfitiiesses: the hub C tothe sewing-maehine, as shown. HENRY TV. VILLIAMS, By carrying the threadfrom the ball to the J. M. HARTNEtrIr.

